Ching-Yu Hu is an entrepreneur born and raised in Silicon Valley. As a co-founder and director of business development at Skybox Imaging, Hu is responsible for driving new business opportunities with strategic alliances and partnerships around the world. Since co-founding Skybox, she has played a key role in supporting Skybox's Series A, B, and C venture capital financing, marketing, sales, and various business operations initiatives.

In 2008, Hu met her three co-founders who shared a vision of building a big data company powered by small satellites. Prior to Skybox, she held various roles at JPMorgan and TIAA-CREF creating portfolio optimization models, analyzing large volumes of transactional data to determine risks and exposures of financial assets, and other data analytics projects. As an undergraduate, Hu conducted research in the Industrial Engineering Operations Research department focusing on uncertainty modeling and robust portfolio optimization.

She earned her Master's degree in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. She previously earned a Bachelor's degree in Operations Research Management Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from University of California, Berkeley.

Skybox Imaging Co-Founder Ching-Yu Hu eloquently talks about the challenges of trying to scale culture in a growing organization. Hu also touches on how the company aims to bring a Silicon Valley, agile approach to satellite development that differs from traditional aerospace companies.

The co-founders of Skybox Imaging, Dan Berkenstock, Julian Mann, John Fenwick and Ching-Yu Hu, realized early on they had one thing in common: they don't take no for an answer. Here the team of Stanford alumni explain their passion to disrupt the satellite imaging industry and share engaging tales of launching their unique venture.

The co-founders of Skybox Imaging, Dan Berkenstock, Julian Mann, John Fenwick and Ching-Yu Hu, realized early on they had one thing in common: they don't take no for an answer. Here the team of Stanford alumni explain their passion to disrupt the satellite imaging industry and share engaging tales of launching their unique venture.